Tears for fears were on the promotional poster but had no intention of performing. At the time they said that they had some other commitment, but in reality Bob just put loads of people's names together who he wanted there and blackmailed them into turning up, TFF didn't sucumb to the blackmail.

I might be wrong, but I think that the choice of artists was mainly down to whether they were in the public eye/ charts at the time! I'm not sure whether Numan was? Why did Bob not ask?!...... well lets face it Bob's an arsehole! LOL :rolleyes:

i think the Kinks should have done the live aid concert, and they wanted too. they were turned down because they weren't famous anouth!!!which is pretty irronic because the kinks are quite a bit more famous than a lot of bands/artists that did perform at live aid. <img border="0" alt="[Shake head]" title="" src="graemlins/shakehead.gif" />

thats ok, do you know why they weren't at live 8?which albums have you got[/QB]

Steven I'm not sure why they weren't there?! But they should have been, maybe they were on tour?! Albums: Blood sugar sex magik, Californiacation and the best of.....Dvds: Funky Monks and the disc that came with the best of! Fav song: Give it away!

Originally posted by Flip Martian:Can't really imagine Numan coming out in either the Berzerker gear or The Fury gear for a couple of songs... mind you, God knows he could have done with the publicity back then... :rolleyes:

You said it re Numan. I think that is why I lost touch. He totally dropped off the american charts and everyone was sick of Cars being overplayed. Shame really as I keep reading how you guys go on about him. Havent had the chance to give him another try yet. If he had been there it definitely would have helped.

Originally posted by Carolineh: It would have been great to have seen Phil Lynott/Thin Lizzy there - I do think Live Aid was missing the great guitar riff from 'The Boys are Back in Town' to get the crowd going!

I do believe,Caz that Phil was far too gone at that piont, Midge said in his book, that he was so out of form, and so bloated he never though of asking him. He died shortly after live aid if i remember correctly Midge was on honeymoon with Annabel Giles, when he died

Originally posted by waldronsteven843: i think the Kinks should have done the live aid concert, and they wanted too. they were turned down because they weren't famous anouth!!!which is pretty irronic because the kinks are quite a bit more famous than a lot of bands/artists that did perform at live aid. <img border="0" alt="[Shake head]" title="" src="graemlins/shakehead.gif" />

My friend the only group that I can think of as famous & iconic as the kinks, at live aid were The Who and look how well they went down, Fantastic